Protecting-cover for shoe-uppers.



A. NAYLOR.

PROTECTING .COYER 'FOR SHOE UPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1911.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

AMOS NAYLOR, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

rno'rnormmcovnn son SHOE-UPPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 3, 1912.

p 7 Application filed November 18, 1911. Serial No. 661,182.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Amos NAYLoR, a citi zen of the United States, residing in Rochester, in the'county of Monroe and State of.

New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Protecting-Covers for Shoe-'Uppers, of which the following is a specification.

In the process of bottoming shoes, the uppers of which are made of light colored leather, or delicate fabrics,it'is customary to use a protecting jacket or covering, to save them from the soil consequent upon handling, and to insure their cleanliness. These covers are made of drill, silesia or other fabrics, with as few seams as possible,

and invariably of one piece in respect to their vertical dimensions. They are cut to the form of'the laston which the shoe is de-' .They are then removed from the shoe by two processes :that of ripping the 1 vertical I sea-ms downward from the top, or tearing the material of which the cover'is. made, down to the edge of the sole ;-and, that-of applying, at the point at which the cover is lost to view between the sole and the upper,

a sharp knife, and. using the sole or welt to cut against, passing it around thecircumference thereof, thus severing itcompletely. In those processes the cover is destroyed, and ultimately disposed of as waste.

The purpose of my device or invention, is,

I that of economizing in the use of covers by limiting the loss toas small a portion of the cover as is possible. This I accomplish by dividing my cover into two parts, an upper .and a lower, by severing the vertical dimensionsof it, along a line horizontal in direc 'tion, extending the full circumference of the serve that purpose.

cover, and at a point sufiicientlyabove, and

parallel with the lower. extremity of it, to This lower partis a mere strip of fabric, which may be cut of one or more parts, and sea1ned.t-ogether, to

fit the varying forms of lasts, and to it, is 4 confined the destructionand loss consequent upon the removal of-the cover. The upper portion of the cover may be made 1n a more substantial manner, for permanent, or oft,

repeated use. ,These two parts,(t-he upper and the lower,)-I make and complete sepwhile there remainsattachedto the shoe, the

lower part, or strip, which may be torn down to the edge of the sole, and removed by the knife, 'as already described.

For the purpose of a better understanding of the invention. described, .attention is directed to the accompanying drawings, which set forth its nature, construction, and mannet of use.

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of a shoehaving the-usual type of cover mounted thereon and shown partly split for removal from the shoe; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the two parts of my improved cover showing them dismembered; and Fig. 3, a side elevation of a shoe equipped with my improved cover, said cover being in the process of removal.

In the drawings, similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

As heretofcre'st-ated, it is common inthe art to cover the parts of shoes while being made to'prevent them from becoming soiled in handling, and said covers are retained on the shoes until shipment is made, when they areremoved and the covers thrown away. In Fig. 1, I have shown a cover ofthe usual type in which it will be apparent-that the removal of the cover is accomplished 'by splitting it in a vertical direct-ion, and also cutting it around the sole or welt. The cover described above is indicated at A in the ac companying drawings in Fig. 1.

manentportion of the cover that is preferably made of heavy material that is capable of being re-used and a strip C of cheaper materialthat is capable of being secured as 1 shown in Fig. 3 by means of a seam D to the lower edge of the portion 13. The cover illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 is used in the same manner as the cover shown in Fig. 1, .the strip C after being assembled with the lower edge of the portion B having its free edge secured between the upper and the sole or welt, and the cover retained position on the shoe while being handled m the factory.

In removing the cover from the shoe preparatory to ship'inents, the seam D is ripped,

separating the parts B and Grand thepart B may then he removed from the shoe either with or Without ripping it vertically. The

lower edge of the-strip may then be cut away from the shoe and thrown: into the- Waste, leaving the upper part B to be reused With a new strip C on another shoe.

Having thus described my invention what 1. A protecting cover for shoe uppers constructed in two parts, one of said parts being in the form of a relatively narrow strip of material extending entirely around said cover and forming the lowerextremity thereof, saidstrip being adapted to be attached to the other of sald parts by a line of stitchmg' 7 2. A protecting cover for shoe uppers conadapted to cover the upper portion of the shoe upper and .to :be constructed of material of sufiicient'strength to be re-used the other of said parts being in the form ofa relatively narrow strip of'cheaper material cured between the shoe upper and the sole or Welt.

AMOS NAYLOR.

Witnesses: .v

ALFRED J. SHONE,- HENRY G. SAUER.

2 st-meted in two parts, one of said parts being i 

